Ukraine introduces price control on number of items of bread, cereals, flour, butter, eggs, meat, vegetables, medicines, fuel
For the period of martial law, Ukraine instructed the regional military administrations, together with the National Police, the State Consumer Service and the State Medical Service, to ensure control over the setting of retailers' prices for a number of goods, including, in particular, wheat flour, pasta, long loaf, bread, buckwheat, oatmeal.
According to the Decree of the Cabinet of Ministers No. 223 of March 6, published on the government website, this list also includes pork, beef, poultry (chicken carcasses), milk, butter, sour cream, chicken eggs, sunflower oil and sugar.
In addition, retail prices of white cabbage, onions, beets, carrots, potatoes, ethanol (96% solution), domestic non-steroidal anti-inflammatory and antibacterial drugs, A-95 gasoline, diesel fuel and liquefied gas will be controlled.
As reported, Prime Minister Denys Shmyhal said on March 7, that the government had formed a package of decisions that should support Ukrainian businesses during the war. According to him, in particular, the government will cancel all measures of market and consumer supervision on all issues, except for price regulation and pricing control.